Cigar-holder



E. S. MAY.

CIGAR HOLDER.

(No Model.)

No. 249,848. Patented N0v.22',1881

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EDWARD S. MAY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,848, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed August E), 1881.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. MAY, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a cigar-holder as a new article of manufacture; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In cigar-holders of the cheap description to which the invention belongs-having an inclined cup and shank with small longitudinal round draft-aperture-much trouble and vexation arises from the facts, first, that the aperture is quickly clogged by the nicotine and smoke residuum, and is difficult to be cleaned, because of the limited space and the fact that a small round straw or wisp is the only convenient thing by which it can be accomplished; and, second, the draft is limited to a small surface, which may be closed by a fragment of the leaf-tobacco falling or being drawn across the mouth.

This invention provides such a draft that it may be readily cleaned by a knife-blade, piece of stick, or, in fact, any small piece or article, and one inwhich the mouth is so extended that the stoppage by fragments of the leaf is not like to occur.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a similar view at right angles therewith.

To enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the same, I will describe its construction and advantages, reference being bad to the drawings, in which- A represents the holder, east or molded of hard rubber or glass, in the form of a shell, having a cup, to, of cylindrical shape, in which the cigar-tip is adapted to be received, and a flat shank, b, which terminates ina mouthpiece, b, having differentially -arranged recesses N, in which the teeth of the smoker operate to hold the device firmly in the month.

At the junction of the shankand cup are formed, upon the inside, two inclined shoulders, 0, against which the end of the cigar abuts, the cigar being received in the cup. At this point the mouth of the draft-aperture d is enlarged orflaring, to insure the draft (1 against being choked by fragments of the leaf, and the said draft (I, as it approaches the mouth part b, contracts in the direction of the sides of the shank I), as shown.

This construction gives a wide draft-aperture, readily cleared of clogging material, and the enlarged area thereof insures a sufficient space to accommodate green or hard-smoking cigars.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A cigar-holder consisting of a single tube having a flaring mouth or cup, a, flattened tapering draft-aperture d, shoulders c c at the junction of cup at and aperture (2, and recesses 1) b the whole formed in a single piece, as herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDl/VARD S. MAY.

Witnesses:

JAMES HOLIHAN, WILLIAM SALES. 

